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This weekend we bought a tent! Yup, me, ex travel-editor of Glamour, miss luxe hotel, boutique boltholer and five-star spa-goer, I am going camping.
Not even glamping, but real, genuine camping in my own tent, that I’ll have to pitch before I can sleep in it. So it’s not quite Bear Grills’ The Island, but it’s about as close to survival as my holidays have ever got – with added midges and mosquitoes thrown in.

The original plan was a camper van stay on the Isle of Wight but we left it a bit late and by the time we factored in the cost of the van and the ferry it wasn’t going to be cheap or comfortable or reliable (I speak as a former VW owner!).

So that’s how I found myself on the car park of Decathlon Surrey Quays at the weekend, weighing up the size and spec of varying shapes and size of tents.

The only trouble is, now we’ve spent as much on sleeping bags, mattresses, foot pumps, mallets, night lights, torches and other camping paraphernalia and the weather forecast for the week is thunder and hale! Thank you GB.

I’m a huge fan of artist Zara Wood, aka Woody, and follow her to art and craft fairs all over the place (one of her little Pirates prints hangs in my daughter’s bedroom). So the prospect of a pop-up shop in her Brighton Studio is too good to miss, and a brilliant Christmas present pit-stop, … Continue reading Woody open studios→

Don’t leave your photos languishing on your phone or laptop, create a fab focus wall of framed images and art that you can treasure – it only takes a couple of hours, perfect for a Bank Holiday weekend project! Personal photos, favourite artwork and memorable treasures, from children’s drawings to concert tickets or a nostalgic … Continue reading How to… create a gallery wall→

One of the biggest trends of the past year has been for restaurants to do less, but do it better, whether it’s chicken, burgers or lobster. Den is set to do the same thing for noodles. There’s nothing flashy or pretentious about this local, light and airy, Wagamama-style udon diner. But that’s the point. The … Continue reading Restaurant review: DEN udon→

She’s a food blogging sensation whose adventures in healthy, healing eating have attracted millions of loyal followers online, now 23-year-old Ella Woodward has released a cookbook, Deliciously Ella – a bible for living and eating well, it might just change your life I can spot Ella Woodward’s London flat even without knowing the house number … Continue reading The delightful Deliciously Ella→

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